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The post says the Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of a man making random calls posing as a Lt. John Williams of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in the warrants division.

The man claims that the person answering the call has outstanding bench warrants for either failing to make a court appearance, usually regarding a traffic ticket, or failingto appear for a jury duty summons.

The man instructs the victims that an officer is on the way to their home to serve a bench warrant unless the victim provides a prepaid, reloadable card with sufficient funds to cover a fictitious fine and court costs.

The caller also instructs victims to provide the funding information on the back of the card for record keeping purchases, and to then take the prepaid card to the court house to avoid prosecution.

“This is a known scam,” the post says. “Once the victim has given the funding information on the back of the card to these scammers, the scammers have access to the funds on the card.”

The post says law enforcement officers will never take funds or fines in lieu of warrant service, and that any and all court fines or fees are processed in person by the issuing court.

They say never provide anyone claiming to be law enforcement with either wire transfers or reloadable card funds over the phone.

Anyone receiving a suspicious call like this, should contact local law enforcement immediately, deputies said.